Tremont St. at Texas St., Roxbury, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
Tremont St. at Texas St., Roxbury, Mass.
Description:
A view of the intersection of Texas Street and Columbus Avenue in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. Trolley car tracks run down the middle of Columbus Avenue. Numerous businesses line the street, including the Plaza movie theatre (1120 Columbus Avenue, formerly the Criterion Theatre), Woolworth's (1126 Columbus Avenue), and a liquor store. At the far end of the street, a billboard advertises Schenley's spirits near a railroad bridge with New Haven Railroad painted on it.
Date:
1948
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
PC001: General photographic collection
Subjects:
mercantile buildings
variety stores (built works)
motion picture theaters
railroad bridges
billboards (site elements)
exterior views
automobiles
buses
tracks (transit system elements)
events (activities)
Columbus Avenue (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Criterion Theatre (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
liquor stores
overhead electric lines
Texas Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Whittier Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Architectural photography
F.W. Woolworth Company
Schenley Distillers Company
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
M. & P. Theaters Corp.
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Roxbury
Plaza Theater (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
Extent:
1 photograph
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/195182
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Identifier:
195182
Call #:
PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0580.001